War Requiem, for soprano, tenor, baritone, boys' voices, chorus, chamber orchestra, orchestra & organ

Artists
George McPhee
Martyn Brabbins
Michael Volle
Nigel Boddice
Lynda Russell
Thomas Randle

Conductor/Ensemble
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Scottish Festival Chorus

Composer: Britten, Benjamin
1. Section 1: Requiem aeternam
2. Section 1: Dies irae
3. Section 1: Domine Jesu Christe
4. Section 1: Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus
5. Section 1: One ever hangs where shlled roads part
6. Section 1: Libera me, Domine


Sunday Telegraph, October 1996
This Glasgow performance has vivid presence and superlative choral singing...Martyn Brabbins...secures impressive playing from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra."

Gramophone
"[Martyn Brabbins] conveys the electrifying drama of the grander, more extrovert moments."

Fanfare
"The overall effect of this performance is satisfying, with Lynda Russell distinguished among the soloists, the brass choir thrilling in its fanfares"